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It’s roses and roses all the way

- Photo: Nagara Gopal

Floored: A young girl admiring roses at the Hyderabad Rose Show 2007 on Saturday.

Hyderabad: Exotic in beauty and elegant in radiance. Flowers are words which even a child can understand. And if properly arranged they can take your breath away.

It is roses all the way at Jubilee Hall in Public Gardens where the 32nd annual rose show organised by the Hyderabad Rose Society opened on Saturday. One can see roses of different hues, sizes and variety. Flower design can be very easy and unfussy. This impression comes across after seeing the way the expression of nature is captured here.

The two-day show drew entries from 12 individuals and six institutions. On display are single bloom, double bloom, floribunda, pedestal display and miniature roses. One can see the care taken by the participants to show different stages of flowering –the bud stage, partial and fully bloomed rose. Added to it the carefully planned colour scheme and right display give an everlasting touch to the roses.

The display of poly house models by Shah Alam Khan, vice president of Hyderabad Rose Society, is fascinating in appeal. Multi-coloured roses are used to create a model of Charminar.

The Aiman Agro Farms and Exports, Bangalore, has arranged this bewitching display. More than 50,000 roses have been used in making the Hyderabad’s most famous icon and other models, it is said. G. Vasantha walked away with the top honours. She bagged the Nawab Shah Alam Khan Challenge trophy (king of show) award for the De Monaco rose, the Queen of show award for Royal Canadian rose and the Siraj Taher Challenge Cup for the best red rose. The most fragrant rose award for ‘Oklahama’ went to Acharaya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. The prize for best flower arrangement was knocked off by Vijaya Durga and the best Indian-bred roses award was won by Directorate of Oil Seeds Research.

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